When I first came across this recipe, I was a bit skeptical. There were so few ingredients and it looked too easy to be really good. But I went ahead and made them and I’m glad I did. These cookies are SO good! I plan on making them again and again. They have no butter or eggs. You don’t even need a mixer to make these. The recipe calls for chunky peanut butter – I used smooth because that’s all I had in my pantry – and they turned out delicious. So you can’t go wrong either way.

My preferred brand of peanut butter is MaraNatha organic peanut butter. The only ingredients are organic dry roasted peanuts and sea salt – that’s all you need. Beware of the ‘no stir’ peanut butters. They contain sugar and palm oil. It’s also important to buy organic peanut butter. Conventionally grown peanuts are full of contaminants (pesticides, fertilizers, and molds) – and kids are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of pesticides.